Mechanical toy
OwnerJohn B. Sindelarinventor
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Abstract
This toy consists primarily of a take-apart structure having a base supporting posts which removably receive a slanted and open-ended container in which balls are placed. The structure includes a pivotable device for releasing one ball at a time when it is momentarily contacted by an open-ended cup portion of a pivotable rod secured to the post, the rod including lever means for automatically releasing a ball from the cup portion when it is in its down position and return of the cup portion to the upward position is accomplished by the weight of an attached animated figure, through gravity means.
Claims2
A mechanical toy, comprising a base for support on a stationary surface, a pair of vertically upright posts supported on said base, a horizontally inclined container upon an upper end of said posts, said container holding a plurality of balls, an opening in a downwardly inclined end of said container for rolling of said balls out of said container, a U-shaped retainer pivoted around said end opening, normally preventing said balls to roll outward;
- a rod pivoted at its intermediate portion over a roller pivoted on a pivot pin between an intermediate portion of said posts, one end of said rod having a cup, an upper edge of said cup pivoting said U-shaped retainer upwardly when said rod end is upwardly pivoted, so to release one said ball from said container into said cup, said cup containing said ball being heavier than an opposite end of said rod, so to cause said cup to downwardly pivot about said roller, an underside of said cup abutting with a sloping chute of said base, when said rod cup is downwardly pivoted, and means for transferring said ball from said cup to said chute, when said cup abuts said chute.
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